Documentation

Articulation

The following are examples of changes the Digital Hub will make when Articulate Spacing Distinctions (or Articulate Spacing Distinctions for MS Word) is enabled.

Reference the settings documentation for a comprehensive list of conversion options.

Basic Rules

The Digital Hub will change the style of heads following heads and paragraphs following heads to an “aft” variant.

Before After            
ah ah            
p paft            
Before After            
ah ah            
bh bhaft            
p paft            

The Digital Hub will change the style of the first body paragraph of each chapter to pf.

Before After            
ct ct            
p pf            
Before After            
ct ct            
ah ahaft            
p pf            

The Digital Hub will change the style of block-level elements (block quotes, senselines, lists, sidebars, etc.) to the appropriate variant to control indentation and the space above and below each one.

Before After            
p p            
bq bqs            
p p            
Before After            
p p            
bq bqf            
bq bql            
p p            
Before After            
p p            
sb sbf            
sb sbl            
p p            
Before After            
p p            
nl nlf            
nl nll            
p p            

The Digital Hub will change the style of block-level elements within other block-level elements (e.g., a block quote within a sidebar) to the appropriate variant to control indentation and the space above and below each one.

Before After            
sb sb            
sbbq sbbqs            
sb sb            
Before After            
sb sb            
sbbq sbbqf            
sbbq sbbql            
sb sb            

The Digital Hub will change the style of any block-level element to an “only” variant when it is the only paragraph following a head that is part of the same block.

Before After            
bqh bqh            
bq bqo            
p p            

Epigraphs

The Digital Hub will change the style of the first or only paragraph of an epigraph with a tail to epf.

Before After            
ct ct            
ep epf            
ept ept            
p pf            
Before After            
ct ct            
ep epf            
ept ept            
ep epf            
ept ept            
p pf            
Before After            
ct ct            
ep epf            
ep ep            
ep ep            
ept ept            
p pf            

The Digital Hub will change the style(s) of an epigraph without a tail to the appropriate variant(s) to control indentation and the space above and below it.

Before After            
ct ct            
ep eps            
p pf            
Before After            
ct ct            
ep epf            
ep ep            
ep epl            
p pf            

Structure Tags

Structure tags will cause the Digital Hub to treat consecutive elements as separate, changing the styles to the appropriate variants to control indentation and the space above and below each one.

Before After            
p p            
start structure start structure            
sb sbf            
end structure end structure            
start structure start structure            
sb sbs            
end structure end structure            
p p            

Spacing Combinations

The Digital Hub will change the styles of elements with problematic spacing combinations to variant combinations that conform to best practices for controlling indentation and the space above and below each one.

Before After            
sll sl            
ah ah            
Before After            
p p            
bqs bqf            
bqs bqs            
p p            
Before After            
p p            
slf slf            
sll sl            
bqf bqf            
bql bql